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illiberal
adjective as in narrow-minded
Example Sentences
Instead, respect for facts also led him often to conservative, even illiberal, opinions.
If they are too hostile, then they might find themselves villainized and restricted, as in other illiberal democracies.
Peter Marki-Zay, the man who challenged Orbán in national elections on April 3 on behalf of a united opposition, warned of worsening isolation under Orban’s “illiberal” model and likened him to a “traitor” putting Hungarians at risk.
The deeper India drifts into the abyss of an illiberal future, the more it looks to its past to justify its regression.
In fields where standards are yet to be established, like internet governance, Beijing works with Moscow and other illiberal nations to push standards that align with their interests.
Which was the right thing to be, after all, because communism is as illiberal as fascism.
The refugees and civilian leaders believe the illiberal rhetoric from their armed allies reflect fundraising, not ideology.
Prohibition (aka, the “war on drugs”) is an illiberal failure.
At times it can lead people into some very illiberal little corners.
These days, instead, we witness elections followed by majoritarian mob rule—what Fareed Zakaria has called “illiberal democracy.”
A certain sum of money,—by no means illiberal as a present,—he had already extracted from the old man.
Later in life he visited Cordova, already in its decline through the illiberal government of the Almoravid dynasty.
He is cold, selfish and illiberal in his views, possessed of but little talent, and a physiognomy innocent of expression.
I said that it was highly illiberal to make personal attacks on Mr. Bentham before a friend who held him in high estimation.
Such were the positive orders of that illiberal and corrupt minister,—Mr. Henry Dundas.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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